[Deptheads] Re: GM complaint

[Ryan McMullan]

I think the key questions are:
1) (as Eric said) What actually happened?
2) How do we learn from this and build it into our process in the future?

Unless I hear otherwise, I'm going to paste that snippet I wrote into the
email template that I send GMs after I accept their event.  That way they
will hear the message every time and it stands a chance of sinking in.  If
we want to do something different or word smith the message, I'm game, but
I don't want to just shrug our collective shoulders and change nothing.

Ryan


On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Eric Burgess <erburgess at gmail.com> wrote:

> Roderick's personality notwithstanding (he's a friend), was definitely
> part of my daughter's interpretation, I think she was bothered by one of
> the shirts, too.
>
> Personally, I think Ryan's suggestion is exactly the right response. We
> want to be welcoming and we would encourage all GMs to well-represent the
> cons. I don't think this is different than asking them to avoid foul
> language, provocative clothing or excessive blood/guts on their shirts.
> This isn't at all a free speech issue - it would be if we asked paid
> attendees to be similarly cautious. As volunteers, they are a bit like
> employees, who absolutely can be asked to consider how they represent an
> organization. I think the light tone Ryan suggests is the way to approach
> it. If it comes up again, there is then the opportunity to address it with
> a repeat offender that has heard the request to avoid attire that might be
> less than welcoming.
>
> And it must be said: If we kicked out all the creepy GMs, we'd lose too
> many. ;)
>
>
> On Sep 5, 2012, at 3:44 PM, Mike James <mjames2871 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Whenever anyone calls anything racist, I tend to roll my eyes. It seems to
> be the go to argument for a lot of stuff that isn't. Chances are most
> people can understand that just because someone is GMing a game or is that
> does not mean that Strategicon is sharing their political views. Someone is
> far more likely to stop coming to games or even cons if the GM is the
> aforementioned "creepy and mean" than if someone wears something with a
> differing viewpoint.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 5, 2012, at 3:18 PM, Tim <tim at stugiii.com> wrote:
>
>  I would be more inclined to talk to him about being "creepy and mean".
> That certainly isn't something we need in a GM.
>
>
> On 9/5/2012 3:05 PM, Eric Burgess wrote:
>
> Full disclosure: One of the complaints I heard was from my daughter, who
> called Roderick "creepy and mean" but it was someone else who said one of
> the shirts was "racist".
>
>
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